An eclectic mix of winemakers (Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyard, Zelma Long of Long Vineyards and Vilafonte and the late Al Brounstein of Diamond Creek Vineyard), one grapegrower (Andy Beckstoffer), and Leon D Adams, wine historian and a founder of the California Wine Institute, will be inducted into the 2010 Vintners Hall of Fame at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Napa Valley on 13 Mar.
Grahm (pictured right) has had a mercurial winemaking career. Called by the Vintners Hall of Fame an ‘enfant terrible’ for first wanting to make great American Pinot Noir, he abandoned that idea...